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...In an action by a guardian to obtain authority to sell the real property of the guardian's ward the following persons shall be made parties defendant: (A) The ward; (B) The spouse of the ward; (C) All persons entitled to the next estate of inheritance from the ward in the real property who are known to reside in Ohio, but their spouses need not be made parties defendant; (D) All lienholders whose claims affe...

...Service of summons, actual or constructive, in an action to sell the real property of a decedent or a ward shall be had as in other civil actions, but if any competent person in interest enters appearance or consents in writing to the sale, service on that person shall not be necessary. If all parties consent in writing to the sale, an order for the sale may issue forthwith.

...All pleadings and proceedings in an action to obtain authority to sell the real property of a decedent or a ward in the probate court shall be the same as in other civil actions, except as otherwise provided in sections 2127.01 to 2127.43 of the Revised Code.

...In a sale of real property by an executor, administrator, or guardian, the real property shall be sold free of all right and expectancy of dower in the property, but out of the proceeds of the sale, in lieu of dower, the court shall allow to the person having any dower interest in the property a sum in money that is the just and reasonable value of the dower, unless the answer of the person waives that allowanc...

...In an action to obtain authority to sell real property, if a party in the party's answer objects to an order for the sale of real property by an executor, administrator, or guardian, and on hearing it appears to the court that either the complaint or the objection is unreasonable, it may award costs to the party prevailing on that issue.

...Upon the hearing of an action to obtain authority to sell real property by an executor, administrator, or guardian, if satisfied that all necessary parties defendant are properly before the court, and that the demand for relief ought to be granted, the court may determine the equities among the parties and the priorities of lien of the several lien holders on the real property, and order a distribution of the m...

...When an action to obtain authority to sell real property is determined by the probate court, the probate judge shall make the necessary order for an entry of release and satisfaction of all mortgages and other liens upon the real property except the mortgage that is assumed by the purchaser. The executor, administrator, or guardian shall enter the release and satisfaction, together with a memorandum of the titl...

...The probate court, with the consent of the mortgagee, may authorize the sale of lands subject to mortgage, but the giving of any such consent shall release the estate of the decedent or ward should a deficit later appear.

...If a guardian's complaint in an action to obtain authority to sell real property seeks to have real property laid out in town lots, and the court finds it to the advantage of the ward, it shall authorize the survey and platting of the real property as provided by law. Upon subsequent return of the survey and plat, the court, if it approves it, shall authorize the guardian on behalf of the guardian's ward to sig...

...If an appraisement of the real property is contained in the inventory required of an executor or administrator by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code, and of a guardian by section 2111.14 of the Revised Code, the probate court may order a sale in accordance with the appraisement, or order a new appraisement. If a new appraisement is not ordered, the value set forth in the inventory shall be the appraised value ...

...The appraisers appointed under section 2127.22 of the Revised Code shall agree to truly and impartially appraise the real property at its fair cash value upon actual view and to perform the duties required of them by the order of the court. The appraisement shall be signed by the appraisers, and the officer to whom it is issued shall make return of it to the court for confirmation.

...If a person appointed by the court under section 2127.22 of the Revised Code as an appraiser fails to discharge the person's duties, the probate judge on the judge's own motion or on the motion of the executor, administrator, or guardian may appoint another appraiser.

...Appraisers appointed under section 2127.22 of the Revised Code shall each be paid such compensation as the court thinks proper for services performed by them.

...Upon the return and approval of the appraisement provided for by section 2127.22 of the Revised Code, the court shall require the executor, administrator, or guardian to execute a bond with two or more personal sureties, or one or more corporate sureties, whose qualifications shall be those provided by section 2109.17 of the Revised Code. The bond shall be payable to the state in an amount that the court consid...

...The probate court may, after notice to all parties in interest, allow a real estate commission in an action to sell real property by an executor, administrator, or guardian, but an allowance shall be passed upon by the court prior to the sale. The court may allow payment for certificate or abstract of title or policy of title insurance in connection with the sale of any real property by an executor, administr...

...When the bond required by section 2127.27 of the Revised Code is filed and approved by the court, it shall order the sale of the real property included in the complaint set forth in section 2127.10 of the Revised Code, or the part of the real property it considers necessary for the interest of all parties concerned. If the complaint alleges that it is necessary to sell part of the real property, and that by the...

...If the order of sale set forth in section 2127.29 of the Revised Code includes real property in which the ward or the estate has an equitable interest only, the court may make an order for the appraisement and sale of that equitable estate free from dower, for the indemnity of the estate against any claim for purchase money, and for payment of the value of the dower in money, as the court considers equitable, h...

...An order to sell the real property of a decedent shall not be granted in an action by an executor or administrator, if, after the action is commenced and before the order of sale is granted, any person interested in the estate gives bond to the executor or administrator in a sum with sureties approved by the probate court, conditioned to pay all debts and legacies found due from the estate, the charges of administrat...

...The real property included in the court's order of sale, as provided in section 2127.29 of the Revised Code, shall be sold either in whole or in parcels at public auction at the door of the courthouse in the county in which the order of sale was granted, or at another place, as the court directs, and the order shall fix the place, day, and hour of sale. If it appears to be more for the interest of the ward or t...

...If the sale authorized by a court as provided in section 2127.32 of the Revised Code is private, the real property shall not be sold for less than the appraised value. If the sale is at public auction, the real property if improved shall not be sold for less than two thirds of the appraised value, or if not improved, for less than one half of the appraised value. In private sales if no sale has been effected af...

...The order for the sale of real property, granted by the probate court in an action by an executor, administrator, or guardian, shall prescribe the terms of the sale, and payment of the purchase money, either in whole or in part, for cash, or on deferred payments. In the sales by executors or administrators, deferred payments shall not exceed two years with interest.

...An executor, administrator, or guardian shall make return of the executor's, administrator's, or guardian's proceedings under the order for the sale of real property granted by the probate court. The court, after careful examination, if satisfied that the sale has in all respects been legally made, shall confirm the sale, and order the executor, administrator, or guardian to make a deed to the purchaser. The ...

...The order for the sale of real property granted in an action by an executor, administrator, or guardian shall require that before the delivery of the deed the deferred installments of the purchase money be secured by mortgage on the real property sold, and mortgage notes bearing interest at a rate approved by the probate court. If after the sale is made, and before delivery of the deed, the purchaser offers to ...

...If an action to sell real property is prosecuted by an executor or administrator, the executor or administrator shall be allowed the compensation provided by law, by the probate court from which the executor's or administrator's letters issued. If that action is by a guardian, the guardian's duties and obligations in the action shall be considered by the court appointing the guardian in awarding the compensatio...

...The sale price of real property sold following an action by an executor, administrator, or guardian shall be applied and distributed as follows: (A) To discharge the costs and expenses of the sale, including reasonable fees to be fixed by the probate court for services performed by attorneys for the fiduciary in connection with the sale, and compensation, if any, to the fiduciary for services in connection wi...

...When a lost or destroyed judgment or order is one to which either party has a right to appeal on questions of law, the time intervening between the filing of the application mentioned in section 2729.15 of the Revised Code and the final order of the court on the application shall be excluded in computing the time within which such appeal may be taken.

...The costs to be taxed upon an application to restore lost or destroyed records mentioned in section 2729.14 of the Revised Code shall be the same as provided for like services in civil actions. Where the record is lost or destroyed by fire, riot, civil commotion, or other cause, the cost of replacing and restoring it, as provided in sections 2729.14 to 2729.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be paid out of the...

...When the original papers and records mentioned in section 2729.14 of the Revised Code have been saved from destruction, riot, civil commotion, or other cause and the appearance dockets have been destroyed, and when such saved records should be recopied, the court of common pleas may order its clerk to restore such original papers upon the appearance docket, and may order the recopying of the records, the replacing of...

...Remedies and rules of evidence provided by sections 2729.07 to 2729.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are cumulative to those otherwise provided by law.

...the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station.

...The writ of mandamus may be allowed by the supreme court, the court of appeals, or the court of common pleas and shall be issued by the clerk of the court in which the application is made. Such writ may issue on the information of the party beneficially interested. Such writ shall contain a copy of the petition, verification, and order of allowance.

...The writ of mandamus may require an inferior tribunal to exercise its judgment, or proceed to the discharge of any of its functions, but it cannot control judicial discretion.

...Application for the writ of mandamus must be by petition, in the name of the state on the relation of the person applying, and verified by affidavit. The court may require notice of it to be given to the defendant, or grant an order to show cause why it should not be allowed, or allow the writ without notice.

...The writ of mandamus must not be issued when there is a plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law.

...When the right to require the performance of an act is clear and it is apparent that no valid excuse can be given for not doing it, a court, in the first instance, may allow a peremptory mandamus. In all other cases an alternative writ must first be issued on the allowance of the court, or a judge thereof.

...The allowance of the writ of mandamus, and an order that the defendant, immediately upon service, do the act required to be performed, or, when an alternative writ is allowed, that he do the act or show cause before the court, at a specified time and place, why he does not do the act, shall be entered on the journal.

... by copy, by the sheriff or by a person specially authorized by the court or judge issuing the writ. Such officer or person must report his proceedings therewith to the court. When the service is made by a person not an officer, the return must be verified by his affidavit.

...On the return day of an alternative writ of mandamus, or such further day as the court allows, the defendant may answer as in a civil action. If the writ is allowed by a single judge, said defendant may demur. The plaintiff may demur to the answer or reply to new matter therein, and the defendant may demur to the reply, as in a civil action. The pleadings have the same effect, must be construed, may be amended, and...

...If no answer is made to an alternative writ of mandamus, a peremptory mandamus must be allowed against the defendant.

...If judgment in a proceeding for a writ of mandamus is rendered for the plaintiff, the relator may recover the damages which he has sustained, to be ascertained by the court or a jury, or by a referee or master, as in a civil action, and costs. A peremptory mandamus shall also be granted to him without delay. Such recovery of damages against a defendant is a bar to any other action upon such cause of action.

...If judgment in a proceeding for a writ of mandamus is rendered for the defendant, all costs shall be adjudged against the relator.

...anding the performance of a public duty specially enjoined by law, and the court finds that such officer, or a member of such body or board, without just excuse, refused or neglected to perform the duty so enjoined, such court may impose a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars upon such officer or member. Such fine shall be paid into the county treasury of the county in which the duty should have been performed, an...

...ied and assessed, the court may issue a special order to the auditor commanding him to levy and assess upon the taxable property of the county, township, or municipal corporation the taxes required by law, or by the judgment or order of such court, to be levied and assessed for such purposes, and to place such taxes upon the duplicate for collection by the county treasurer.

...When a special order is issued to a county auditor under section 2731.14 of the Revised Code, he is responsible for its execution as if he were an officer of the court. He shall receive such fees for his services in executing the order as may be fixed by the court. He shall add such fees and all other costs of the proceeding to the taxes levied in executing such order, and place them upon the duplicate for collection...

...Sections 2731.14 and 2731.15 of the Revised Code do not limit the power of the court to carry its order and judgment into execution, or to punish any officer named therein for contempt or disobedience of its orders or writs.

...A civil action in quo warranto may be brought in the name of the state: (A) Against a person who usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises a public office, civil or military, or a franchise, within this state, or an office in a corporation created by the authority of this state; (B) Against a public officer, civil or military, who does or suffers an act which, by law, works a forfeiture of his office;...

...A civil action in quo warranto may be brought in the name of the state against a corporation: (A) When it has offended against a law providing for its creation or renewal, or any amendment thereof; (B) When it has forfeited its privileges and franchises by nonuser; (C) When it has committed or omitted an act which amounts to a surrender of its corporate rights, privileges, and franchises; (D) When it has misused ...

...An action in quo warranto can be brought only in the supreme court, or in the court of appeals of the county in which the defendant, or one of the defendants, resides or is found, or, when the defendant is a corporation, in the county in which it is situated or has a place of business. When the attorney general files the petition, such action may be brought in the court of appeals of Franklin county.

...When directed by the governor, supreme court, secretary of state, or general assembly, the attorney general, or a prosecuting attorney, shall commence an action in quo warranto. When, upon complaint or otherwise, either of such officers has good reason to believe that any case specified in section 2733.02 of the Revised Code can be established by proof, he shall commence such action.

...The attorney general or a prosecuting attorney may bring an action in quo warranto upon his own relation, or, on leave of the court, or of a judge thereof in vacation, he may bring the action upon the relation of another person. If the action is brought under division (A) of section 2733.01 of the Revised Code, he may require security for costs to be given as in other cases.